Combined collar-button and tie-slide.



W. W. BROWN.

COMBINED COLLAR BUTTON AND TIE SLIDE.

APPLICATION FILED APILZI, I914.

Patented July 13, 1915.

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VTILLIAM VJ. IBBO'VVN, OF SWANSON, SASKATCHEWAN, CANADA.

COMBINED GQLLAB-BUTTON AND TIE-SLIDE.

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Sipeeification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 13, 1915.

Application filed April 21, 1914. Serial No. 833,561.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, lViLLIAM W. BROWN, a subject of the King of Great Britain, residing at Swanson, in the Province of Saskatchewan and Dominion of Canada; have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Combined Collar-Buttonsand Tie- Slides; and i do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the inventioin such as will enable others a skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same. I, My invention relates to new and useful improvements in devices for securing collars to the neck band and slidablyholding neck ties within collars and has for its principal object to provide a combined collar button and'tie slide that will effectively hold neck ties in such a way that they may easily slide and not work up or down relativeto the collar in sliding and also provide for an easy and expeditious securing of the collar to neck bands. v y y Another important object of my invention is to provide a simple and inexpensive device of the character described that is formed of a singlepiece of metal which is bent and twisted in anovel'manner'to provide a tie slide in combination with a spring button to facilitate securing of'the'collar.

Another important object'of'my invention is to provide a device of the character described that will automatically lock with relation to the neck band and also prevent pinching of the neck tie to enable easy sliding of the tie and prevents undue wear thereof. i

The above and additional objects are aoconiplished by such meansas are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, described in the following specification and then more particularly pointed out as claimed.

/Vith reference to the drawings, wherein I have illustrated the preferred embodiment of my invention as it is reduced topractice, and throughout the several views of which similar reference numerals designate corresponding parts, Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view taken through a collar andneek band showing my improved device in operative position and in side elevation, Fig. 2 is a front elevation showingmy improved device in operative position with a portion" of the collar broken away, and Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view of my improved device.

With reference to the drawings it will be noted that my improved device is formed of a single piece of preferably spring wire that is bent intermediate its ends to provide an elongated U-shaped loop 1 and bent back from the open end of the loop on each side thereof to provide upwardly diverging arms 2 and 3 that are spaced from the sides of the loop 1 and diverge upwardly with relation thereto. The material is bent inwardly andlaterally at the upper extremities of the arms 2 and 3 to provide lockin shoulders 4 and 5. From the shoulders 4 and 5 the material is bent rearwardly and upwardly in an inclined plane to provide inclined offset portions 6 and 7 which are adapted to en'- gage the ends" of a button hole as clearly shown in Fig. 2 in the drawings. From the upper ends of the portions 6 and 7 the material is bent to form outwardly extending arms 8 and 9 that are disposed at right angles to the portions 6' and 7 and in the same plane as compared with the shoulders 4 and 5. I

The arms 8 and 9 are adapted to engage one side of the neck band adjacent to the ends of the button hole and the shoulders 4: and 5 to engage the other side of the neck bandyat the ends of the button hole as will be clearly seen with reference to Fig. 2 in the drawings. The structure described comprises the. improved buttoning member forming a part of my device. It will be readily seen that the shoulders l and 5 are adapted to be moved inwardly toward one another to facilitate the insertion of the but ton "through the button holes and will automatically spring into extended position and look as clearly shown in Fig. 2 in the drawings. I

My improved tie slide isdesignated lO'as an entirety and is offset with relation to the buttoning memberysaid offset arrangement being provided by the offset portions 6 and 7 previously described, r p

matically move into locking position. The

material is bent downwardly and inwardly to provide guide arms 13 and 14 which converge at their inner ends and are spaced or ofi'set with relation to the arms 11 and 12 to provide a space between the arms 13 and ll and 11 and 12 of suflicient size to slidably' receive a neck tie as shown in Fig.

1 1. The arm 13 is shorter than the one ll and provided with an eye 15 formed at its free end and disposed in such a plane as to lie flat against the neck tie and collar. Adjacent its inner end the arm 1% is bent to provide a U-shaped loop lothatisdis posed with its open end uppermostand has an eye 17 formedon its free extremity. It will be noted with particular reference'to Fig. 2 in the drawing. that the, lower end of the loop 16 is disposed below the arms 8 and 9 between the offset portions ,6 and7.

In operation to place a tie within the slide -10'the small part of, the tie is inserted first between thearms 11 and 14 and then placed within the loop 16 and brought under I the lower end' of the-arm 13 so as to be positioned between the arms 12 and 13. It I will thus be seen that the loop 16 serves to prevent downwardslipping of the tie. The upward slipping of the tie, is prevented by the formationof the arms '11" andul l and 12 and 13'with each other. V'Vhenathetie isplaoed within'the slideas described, the

the slide provides for the easy and ready The device as a securing of theiicollar. whole isformed comparatively fiat so as not to bulge the .collarorprove uncomfortable to the wearer. To unlock the buttoning member it is only necessary for the operator to move' the arm's 11'and12 to- Gopies of this. patent mayjb efobtained for 1,14e,ess 7 Ward each other thus effecting a similar movement of the shoulders 4 and 5 and enabling thebuttoning member to be withdrawn from the button hole in the neck band. I

Withreference to the foregoing description and accompanying drawings, it will be readily seen that I have provided an extremely simple and inexpensive combined collar-button and tie slide that may be formed-of a 7 single piece of preferably spring wire and operated in an easy, reliable and expeditious manner to attain the objects hereinbelfore, set 1 forth.

In practice, I have found that the form of my invention, illustrated in the drawings and referred to in the above description, as

the preferred.embodiment, is! the most efficientcandlpractical; yet realizing that the conditions concurrent with the adoption of devicewill necessarily vary, I desire to emphasize thelact that various minor changes in details ofconstruction, proportionand arrangement of parts may be resorted to, when required, Without sacrificing any of the advantages of my invention, as set forth.

l/Vhatfis claimed is;. o I A combined collar button and tie slide consisting of asingle piece of metal, bent centrally to form an invertedU-shaped spring member having upwardly extending arms, shoulders formed by said arms bent inwardly and upwardly, 7 said shoulders adapted to engage the side wall of a button hole, the said upwardlyextending portions I having an outwardly directed portion, said metal piece beingfnrther bent upwardly from the outer ends of said last named arms, and bent downwardly to provide guide arms, said last named arms being spaced from each other, certain of said last named armsbeing bent inwardly inclined and an open end loop formed on the lower end of one of said inclined arms.

In testimony whereof I allix mysignature in presence of two witnesses;

- ,WILLIAM' BROWN- Witnesses: CHARLES A. COOPER, MnL'roN K, KNUnrsoN.

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